Some projects

There are some projects going on to expand my portfolios. I needed to practice and luckily got a volunteer model to help me realize the concept.

Dengan harapan dan doa untuk Ijazah Sarjana dari Universiti of Manchester 2009. Amin.

Di hadapan Whitworth Hall, salah satu bangunan yg sinonim dengan University of Manchester pada pukul 6.30pm..

Ada sambungan sikit..behind the scene

Mula-mula carik exposure yang sesuai pakai ISO200..dapat dalam 10 seconds..kadang-kadang ada bas lalu , tu yang buat line yang kacau bilau kat bawah. Ideanya bagaimana nak buat portrait pakai flash & long exposure. Agak mencabar..

Try ambil gambar macam ni..model kecik sangat pulak. Ghosting dan blur pada subjek. Memang susah nak dapat gambar yang sharp kalau long exposure ni. Idea saya ialah untuk bagi flash freeze the subjek. Tapi tak menjadi. Finally, dah tahu apa masalahnya. Memang flash boleh kasi freeze subjek, tapi kena makesure kalau ambik gambar tanpa flash, subjek& tempat dia berdiri tu gelap habis. Background terang, foreground gelap jadi barulah boleh freeze model tu. Takpe, lain kali boleh try. Gambar ini terang foreground dgn background.

Line-line yang kacau bilau tu ok jugak kalau kena masanya. Tapi pose ni macam cover album penyanyi ballad je...sedih dan mengelamun pasal cinta. Subjek sharp sebab kaku gila lebih dari 5 saat. Sporting la model!

Increase ISO, nak kasi pendek sikit masa exposure sebab photographer pun tak boleh stay lama lebih dari 5 sec. Nota tambahan..saya guna off flash ketuk sikit dari sebelah kanan. Pakai power sikit je nak terang muka.

Zoom sikit dan kasi buang colour. Saya agak suka yang ini sebab background boleh baca la University of Manchester tu.

Haa..kalau belaja buat cara belaja, jangan nak berpeluk-peluk depan U, tapi dah kahwin takpe..:) (Thaqif seperti biasa..tidur dlm stroller)

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Jom Makan di Manchester

It's gonna be fun!

Credit to HweiMing.com for the pic. Best jugak 16mm kau. He lives here.

Sebelah tu is Jue yang banyak gila membantu. Thanks!

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The worst snow hit UK for 18 years

We were in London and then back to Manchester when it happened.
The freezing cold drained the battery fast as well as my creativeness.
I should capture more of this in London. Here are some. Watch this space for our little journey in London and some guide if you happen to visit next time.

Now all the picture of London that I saw make sense to me now.

Ok..back to snow

Intial view from Victoria Coach Station (Stesen Bas)





Before we enter the coach station, thaqif started to cry. I couldn't press that shutter properly. It's numb.
Just outside Victoria Coach Station when the snow stop to fall. A minute later, it started to pour again.Brr..

I slept through the whole journey. Well, we stop at Birmingham to transit. A lot of bus services interrupted that night, we are the lucky one to be on schedule.

Here in Manchester...


Our neighbour built a mini snow man. He seemed couldn't bare the cold and started to fall down.

I brought some of the ice inside. .Look at his expressionlah

He wanted to give some to Uncle Anol.

Bukan ais kacang nak oii!

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University of Manchester & the City itself

No, that's not my pic in the booklet. I've studied some pics from printout of student guidebook, orientation guides etc. I bet my wife here not familiar w some of the pic :). One day I'm going to complete this series and try to capture the scene at different perspective. Sometimes I need to learn how other see the scene from their viewfinder.


I don't think I can get this shot. It's high above but...who knows.

Go ahead to run the slide show to run 25 pics all together. I believe whitwoth building is the most saught after pic. It symbolize the University and the city itself.

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Snowyyy

Hari sebelumnya pun turun snow, tapi agak ciput. On the way nak ke kedai, snap gambar ni. Ada bulan di siang hari dan langit sgt cerah dan biru. Selalunya kelam dan kelabu masa musim sejuk ni..Rupa-rupanya kat depan ni ada cubaan mencabul wanita Mat Salleh oleh seseorang yg tak dikenali. Orang cakap dia naik basikal yang sangat kuning. Fuh!..Negara maju lagi tinggi risiko jenayahnya.

Pagi esoknya, lepas subuh, memang tak sangka snow turun. Tak kira!..jakun pun jakunlah..haha.


Yang ni masih baru lagi, belum ada kesan orang pijak-pijak dan belum cair lagi


Macam dalam cerita fairy tale. Misteri, suci dan tenang.


Cool

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Percaya pada diri sendiri

Pernahkah anda rasa anda boleh melakukan sesuatu yang mustahil dan tak pernah anda buat tetapi anda teruskan juga tanpa BANYAK berpikir panjang. Ya, dulu saya ada banyak semangat macam ni. Saya cuma perlu satu suara hitam/negatif yang perlu untuk mematahkan semangat dan membuat saya berfikir semula. Selalunya orang-orang di sekeliling anda yang memberi sokongan dan galakan walaupun di belakang kita, mereka gelakkan kita. Itulah pentingnya org-org di sekeliling anda untuk memberi anjakan dan harapan.

Saya tak pernah main skate tapi semangat nak try dan belasah aje mengatasi segala-galanya. Kawan-kawan pun ada join membakar semangat untuk praktis selalu. Luka-luka dan seliuh tak usah cerita. Hasilnya, dengan selamba pergi kelas sejauh 2 km pakai inline skate. Terkenang zaman dulu...Semuanya bermula dengan angan-angan nak main extreme game.

Seronok dapat main skate balik..ice skating tak banyak beza. Nasib baik skill ada lagi walaupun dah 10 tahun tinggalkannya. Kena cari balik semangat yang macam dulu-dulu. Mungkin agaknya sekarang kurang berangan, byk masa berdepan dengan realiti. Tetapi, kalau bersungguh2 dan selalu praktis, angan2 akan jadi realiti.

pic coutesy kuireena.blogspot.com


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The Night before 2009

Jadi, nak sambung balik cerita tahun baru hari tu..

Tengok review dari internet especially di London, pengunjung yg nak tengok bunga api dinasihatkan datang awal seelok-eloknya jam 8 lapan untuk mengelakkan kesesakan dan berebut..katanya. Ditambah lagi, kalau dah masuk dalam crowd tu, elok duduk kat situ aje dan jgn nak menggatal keluar sebab mungkin anda tak jumpa keluarga/kawan-kawan bila anda patah balik. Uh! mesti jam pack malam ni..aku berkata. Jadi kitorang pun segera membungkus diri dgn pakaian yg tebal sebab memang sejuk gila malam tu. Tapi hampas! Pukul 10 lengang macam ni kat Manchester.

Argh! Dahla sejuk gile, kedai pun habis tutup dan takde tempat nak lepak memanaskan badan. Kitorang pegi jalan-jalan tengok mana org Manchester ni pegi.

Kitorang sampai kat Hard Rock Cafe. Dulu memang wajib masuk dalam HRC ni sebab nak angkat baju edition city dia. For now dah tak rasa excited macam dulu dah. Ada banyak lagi yg menarik...atau umur dah meningkat kot..haha.

Hmph! Kat sini rupanya diorang. Beratur panjang untuk memanaskan badan. Kalau orang kita yang jadi penggemar minuman dan aktiviti macam ni agaknya menangis kegembiraan kat Manchester ni.

Selamba aje kat 2 degree C macam ni. Kitorang dah nak beku jari, korang rilek je..

Nasib baik Burger King bukak sampai pukul 11. Kitorang lepak di burger king sambil makan fries dan minum kopi sikit.11.15, barulah org keluar depan Arndale nak tengok bunga api dan menyanyi-nyanyi. Ada jugak guard yg dengki kat situ bagitau kitorang takde bunga api malam ni. Takde apa, korang balik jelah....

Eye of manchester sebelum bunga api start. Gila slow benda tu berpusing.

Tapi kalau bagi exposure dalam 9 saat, nampak macam nak tercabut roda ni.



Kitorang cepat blah sebelum kena kejar dgn org mabuk.

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Support to Palestine

The pledge is everywhere in Manchester. InsyaAllah.

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Chinatown, Manchester

We started our journey with casual portrait as usual, just to warm up the cameralah. One day I may want to get some portrait from the local people here. Look that very distinguish it is.

Available light...not that dramatic but it's hard to get him smiling like that. 1/10 shots.



Yeah, he's planning up to something..


Better let him warm that legs up!


Okay, off we go..view from inside the double decker. Empty!


Here's the famous Chinatown. I'm looking for dry anchovies and mortar & pastelpestle (lesung). I found one with 'Jamie Oliver' brand from the local supermarket. I thought maybe I can find it cheaper here.


Strange to see these shops got stairs at the entrance. It's troublesome to climb up the stair with the stroller. One of us got to stay outside with Thaqif. Yeah! we found what we need.


Found sardine chap Ayam as well. 1 pound lebih..erk!..My wife told me that Oliver Twist punya lesung much cheaper than the one that I bought.Oh well..Here she is with Lempok Durian..I'm still okay with that but I really miss TEH TARIK!!

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Happy New year 2009!!

We came early that night hoping to avoid the jammed packed crowd. Unfortunately, there is nothing to worry coz the people dont want to wait for hours in the freezing cold. No shop open that night except the happening bars & night clubs.At 11.15 the place in front Arndale where the big wheel is started to filled up with the local people. 10 minutes with the spectacular fireworks.

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